We’re not going to say much about this Polar Skate Co. promo video from Klez Motion Pictures International other than we’re always suckers for a Devo song. . .
[Link: Polar Skate Co. via Club Mumble]
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Thanks to the severe financial trouble Billabong has been wallowing in lately the company has decided to cut their J-Bay prize money and drop the event from the World Championship Tour to an ASP 6-Star event.
“The change in event status follows a broader review in which we are seeking to identify cost savings throughout the business.” Billabong said in a statement. “By retaining an event at Jeffreys Bay, it now provides two qualifying events back to back in the South African region. The move to an ASP 6-Star also opens the event up to South Africa’s aspiring pro surfers for the first time in 20 years and ensures continuity of the event for the local businesses in Jeffreys Bay.”
Sure, that’s nice and all, but the truth is the ASP World Championship Tour is now down to 10 events. Billabong, however, still has their Rio, Teahupoo, and Pipeline events on the calendar. For the official word from the ASP, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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We say this every year, but it’s hard to believe the ASP winter break is over and we’re already staring down the barrel of the 2012 ASP World Title Season with the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast waiting period beginning Saturday, February 25, 2012 and the 2012 ASP awards banquet last night.
The ASP would like everything to know that Joel Parkinson and Jordy Smith are ready to chase down the title, so, for that matter is Kelly Slater.
“I had some really good waves at home and I’ve been going to J-Bay a lot to work on my boards for Snapper,” Jordy Smith said. “If a board doesn’t go good there it’s not going to work anywhere. It’s such a good wave that you can stand up and feel every little bump in your boards. I’ve been testing fins as well, seeing which fins work with what boards. I think in my first couple of years I lost some heats because I wasn’t that dialed in with my equipment, so I’m just working on eliminating that. I’ve also been staying fit with some training.”
Follow the jump for the official word from the ASP including a complete list of award winners from last night banquet. [click to continue…]
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This video was apparently designed to show off the StreetStik electric off-road skateboard, but it’s really all about sad little Esther — a girl forced to ride an electric skateboard round and round in a park wearing only a pink bikini.
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Over the years Newport Beach, California has become a breeding ground for jacked up rolling toys of all kinds. Time to add the Surf Skate to the list. It’s a skateboard with a 360 degree rotational front truck set up that reportedly allows skateboarders to ride just like surfers. Okay. . .
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Steve Caballero tells the story of how his signature shoe the Half Cab got its start in the Vans line-up 20 years ago. And he tells it from a Bondi roof-top at a Bowl-A-Rama pre party.
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Forum Snowboards is releasing an extremely limited run (only 15 world-wide) of the We Live Forum set ups.
The board, based on the 2013 Destroyer profile, features limited edition artwork designed by Peter Line, and has been numbered and autographed by the legend himself. Also included in the mix are Forumula Boots complete with the all-new Tweaker Cuff NexTreme and custom tagged with the We Live Forum member’s name, and Republic Bindings – both produced in select We Live Forum colors and materials. Everything’s dialed and ready to go whether it’s seasoning the nearest park or hitting backcountry boaters all day.
We’re guessing these are going to be almost impossible to get, but check your local Forum dealer just to be sure.
[Link: Forum Snowboards]
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In December of 2011 Chinese electronics manufacturer Signeo, the manufacturer of Soul by Ludacris headphones filed suit against new action headphone company SOL Republic claiming trademark infringement.
According to SOL Republic, Signeo has gone even farther and tried to obtain an injunction against the company saying that SOL Republic named their company specifically to confuse people.
In response SOL Republic says they did nothing of the sort:
We founded SOL REPUBLIC because we love music and how it positively effects our lives. . . We committed ourselves to make great sound more affordable for everyone. . . We like Ludacris. We like his music and we are truly friends. We have nothing against him. . . We don’t like the practices of Signeo, which licensed Ludacris’s name, nor of its President Bob Bonefant. . . We don’t like their attempt to intimidate our company and the really great people in it. . . We don’t like their army of lawyers from multiple law firms who are trying to get a judge to shut us down.
Headphones are apparently big business. For the rest of the SOL Republic statement, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Lawyers for Dr. James G. Corasanti a man accused in the hit and run death of an 18-year-old skateboarder have asked a judge to “dismiss the manslaughter and other charges” filed against him, according to a story in the Buffalo News saying that:
Dr. James G. Corasanti’s actions were not criminally reckless and the evidence is insufficient to prove second-degree manslaughter, defense lawyer Joel L. Daniels said in Erie County Court. . . Rather, 18-year-old Alexandria Rice, with marijuana in her system, chose to ride her longboard at night, crouching down low, and without wearing reflective clothing, Daniels said during a court hearing lasting an hour and a half.
So aside from being indicted by a grand jury for “texting while driving drunk and speeding” Corasanti’s lawyers would like to blame Ms. Rice for being on the side of the road, skateboarding home from work when she was struck and killed. Dr. Corasanti’s defense is setting up to be one of the most deranged and desperate in history. If convicted Corasanti could face 23 years in prison. And, if found guilty, he should serve every single day of it. Our thoughts are with Rice’s family and friends.
[Link: Buffalo News]
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For one week in March 8 – 12. 2012 snowboarders will gather in Revelstoke, BC for what Tailgate founder Mark Sullivan is calling an “unprecedented event.”
Flow Tailgate BC will . . . offer participants the once-in-a-lifetime chance to do first descents and name the runs in some of the world’s most renowned mountains. Working with Eagle Pass Heliskiing, Flow Tailgate BC offers both professional and recreational riders and skiers the chance to check a big one off the bucket list – doing first descents and naming the runs in some of the world’s most celebrated terrain.”
Sullivan is going so far as to call this week a “first descent festival.” How’s that for pre-hype? For more details on the Flow Tailgate BC follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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